Meaning of "mob" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MOB

Shortened from Latin mōbile vulgus the fickle populace.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MOB

mob  [mɒb]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOB

Mob is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mob in English.

WHAT DOES MOB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mob

Mob commonly refers to a crowd of people. Mob or mobbing may also refer to: Crowded People...

Definition of mob in the English dictionary

The first definition of mob in the dictionary is a riotous or disorderly crowd of people; rabble. Other definition of mob is a group or class of people, animals, or things. Mob is also a flock or a herd.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MOB

PRESENT

Present

I mob

you mob

he/she/it mobs

we mob

you mob

they mob

Present continuous

I am mobbing

you are mobbing

he/she/it is mobbing

we are mobbing

you are mobbing

they are mobbing

Present perfect

I have mobbed

you have mobbed

he/she/it has mobbed

we have mobbed

you have mobbed

they have mobbed

Present perfect continuous

I have been mobbing

you have been mobbing

he/she/it has been mobbing

we have been mobbing

you have been mobbing

they have been mobbing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I mobbed

you mobbed

he/she/it mobbed

we mobbed

you mobbed

they mobbed

Past continuous

I was mobbing

you were mobbing

he/she/it was mobbing

we were mobbing

you were mobbing

they were mobbing

Past perfect

I had mobbed

you had mobbed

he/she/it had mobbed

we had mobbed

you had mobbed

they had mobbed

Past perfect continuous

I had been mobbing

you had been mobbing

he/she/it had been mobbing

we had been mobbing

you had been mobbing

they had been mobbing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will mob

you will mob

he/she/it will mob

we will mob

you will mob

they will mob

Future continuous

I will be mobbing

you will be mobbing

he/she/it will be mobbing

we will be mobbing

you will be mobbing

they will be mobbing

Future perfect

I will have mobbed

you will have mobbed

he/she/it will have mobbed

we will have mobbed

you will have mobbed

they will have mobbed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been mobbing

you will have been mobbing

he/she/it will have been mobbing

we will have been mobbing

you will have been mobbing

they will have been mobbing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would mob

you would mob

he/she/it would mob

we would mob

you would mob

they would mob

Conditional continuous

I would be mobbing

you would be mobbing

he/she/it would be mobbing

we would be mobbing

you would be mobbing

they would be mobbing

Conditional perfect

I would have mob

you would have mob

he/she/it would have mob

we would have mob

you would have mob

they would have mob

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been mobbing

you would have been mobbing

he/she/it would have been mobbing

we would have been mobbing

you would have been mobbing

they would have been mobbing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you mob
we let´s mob
you mob

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to mob

Past participle

mobbed

Present Participle

mobbing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MOB»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mob» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of mob

assemblage · besiege · body · canaille · collection · commonalty · company · crew · crowd · drove · fall on · fill · flock · gang · gathering · group · herd · hoi polloi · horde · host · jam · jostle · lot · mass · masses · multitude · overrun · pack · press · rabble · riffraff · scum · set · set upon · surround · swarm · throng · troop

TRANSLATION OF MOB

Find out the translation of mob to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of mob from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mob» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 一大群乱民
• Translator English - Spanish: multitud
• English: mob
• Translator English - Hindi: भीड़
• Translator English - Arabic: الغوغاء
• Translator English - Russian: моб
• Translator English - Portuguese: multidão
• Translator English - Bengali: ভিড়
• Translator English - French: foule
• Translator English - Malay: Mob
• Translator English - German: Mob
• Translator English - Japanese: 暴徒
• Translator English - Korean: 군중
• Translator English - Javanese: Mob
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bao vây
• Translator English - Tamil: கும்பல்
• Translator English - Marathi: जमावटोळी
• Translator English - Turkish: çete
• Translator English - Italian: folla in tumulto
• Translator English - Polish: tłum
• Translator English - Ukrainian: моб
• Translator English - Romanian: mob
• Translator English - Greek: mob
• Translator English - Afrikaans: skare
• Translator English - Swedish: mob
• Translator English - Norwegian: mob

10 QUOTES WITH «MOB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mob.

1

Elliott Abrams

At the United Nations, a lynch mob for Israel is always just a moment away.

2

Jyoti Amge

One of the problems with being famous is people mob you wherever you go. Many of them ask very irritating questions. If I were not the shortest woman in the world, I would not have become famous.

3

Hannah Arendt

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.

4

Ray Stannard Baker

A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes.

5

Ray Stannard Baker

But steel bars have never yet kept out a mob; it takes something a good deal stronger: human courage backed up by the consciousness of being right.

6

Preet Bharara

The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels.

7

Conrad Black

The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot of rich, pious hypocrites who want to share only enough to avoid widespread starvation, mob violence, and government seizure of more of their incomes.

8

James Bovard

The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule.

9

Paul Brunton

Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines.

10

Teju Cole

In countries with a properly functioning legal system, the mob continues to exist, but it is rarely called upon to mete out capital punishment. The right to take human life belongs to the state. Not so in societies where weak courts and poor law enforcement are combined with intractable structural injustices.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOB»

Discover the use of mob in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mob and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Son of the Mob 2: Hollywood Hustle

The fast-paced plot, hilarious dialogue and Korman's keen understanding of teen issues, made this a bestseller and a critical success.

Gordon Korman, 2013

Mob Daughter: The Mafia, Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, and Me!

This is the story of a daughter’s struggle to reconcile the image of her loving father with that of a murdering Mafioso, and how, in healing the rift between the two, she was able to forge a new life.

Karen Gravano, Lisa Pulitzer, 2012

Whiz Mob: A Correlation of the Technical Argot of ...

This work is a study of the world of pickpockets. It explains the words used by pickpockets and uses them to provide a window into the life and experiences of the professional criminal.

David W. Maurer, 2003

When the Mob Ran Vegas: Stories of Money, Mayhem And Murder

Twenty-one short, sizzling, behind-the-headlines stories about the men, the Mob, movie stars, and missing money that made early Vegas such a hot spot in the Nevada desert in the early '40s to '60s.

Steve Fischer, 2005

Surviving the Mob: A Street Soldier's Life Inside the ...

Surviving the Mob is a cautionary tale of the harsh reality of a criminal, inmate, fugitive, and witness who, so far, has lived to tell the tale.

Dennis Griffin, 2010

Mob lawyer

This is a memoir that will stand as the most revelatory and richly detailed history of the Mafia in this century.

Frank Ragano, Selwyn Raab, 1994

A Mob Story

Chris Paciello seemed to have it all.

Michele R. McPhee, 2010

The Boys from New Jersey: How the Mob Beat the Feds

Here is the full story behind what should have been the government's shining hour, and how it turned into one of the most embarrassing.

Robert Rudolph, 1995

MOB Rule: Lessons Learned by a Mother Of Boys

Supplemented by recipes, quizzes, mnemonics and mysteries, it is the indispensible book for anyone who finds themselves adrift on a sea of testosterone, wondering when the lifeboat is going to show up.

Hannah Evans, 2013

Mob Power Plays: The Mob Attempts Control of Congress, ...

In the sequel to The War of the Godfathers, FBI agent Bill Richards faces off with the dons of New York and Chicago--including John Gotti, Tony Accardo, and Rocko Robustelli--who are teaming up to build the Tahoe Summit Casino. Original.

William F. Roemer, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mob is used in the context of the following news items.

Greater Springfield mob: Whatever happened to Anthony Delevo?

SPRINGFIELD - The late Anthony Delevo is shown here leaving federal court in 2001 after being charged with racketeering, loan sharking and ... «MassLive.com, Jul 15»

Mob bosses arraigned in major organized crime case

Other top criminals indicted included Avi Ruhan and Moti Hassin – both mob bosses in their own right and close associates of the Abergils. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»

Serbian PM Hosts Bosnian Leaders, Cools Tempers After Mob Attack

BELGRADE—. Serbia's prime minister said on Wednesday he had already forgotten a mob attack on him in Bosnia 11 days ago as he hosted ... «Voice of America, Jul 15»

ADRENALINE MOB Guitarist MIKE ORLANDO Launches A …

A BEAUTIFUL DISASTER, the brand new band featuring renowned guitarist Mike Orlando (ADRENALINE MOB), drummer Chris Bones (THE ... «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Jul 15»

Video: Church, state, mob, food, art, etc.: What I found in Providence

Providence -- the capital of Rhode Island and the star of this video -- could use a little more respect. Part of the problem is its location, an hour ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»

Twitter shaming, the social mob, and why enterprises should care

SUMMARY: A provocative new Ted Talk on Twitter shaming and the social mob has serious implications for enterprises – and their social ... «Diginomica, Jul 15»

Mob of Angry Maxxinistas to Sue TJ Maxx For Lying About Great …

TJ Maxx, the store parents count on for back-to-school savings and deep discounts on interesting “home goods,” may be in some very big ... «Jezebel, Jul 15»

Feds: Mob 'Bull' should stay behind bars

Notorious mobster Salvatore “Sammy Bull” Gravano, whose turncoat testimony sank then-Gambino crime boss John Gotti, doesn't deserve ... «New York Post, Jul 15»

ANC 'outraged' as DA 'mob' disrupts Nkandla inspection

Johannesburg - The office of the ANC chief whip on Wednesday claimed that a "DA mob... started howling and hurling insults" at police officials ... «News24, Jul 15»

Flash mob musical brightens Perth train commute for passengers

PASSENGERS on a Perth train had their Monday morning commute to work brightened with a sing-a-long rendition of Somewhere Over the ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»